Cowboy offense underwhelms in conference debut

Taylor Cornelius scrambles as Oklahoma State plays Texas Tech in its football game on Sept. 22, 2018, at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. (DEVIN LAWRENCE WILBER)Normally when Oklahoma State meets Texas Tech on the gridiron, college football fans can reasonably expect a high-scoring shootout.

But more questions than answers arose regarding the Cowboy offense following Saturday's Big 12 debut. The Red Raiders rolled out of Stillwater having held OSU to its lowest home point total since 2014 with an impressive 41-17 beatdown at Boone Pickens Stadium.

The Cowboys and Red Raiders each exchanged blows in the first half as the scoring advantage teetered between both teams. But when the…